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Emanuel Kaspar

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Emanuel Kaspar
Born25 July 1915
Died6 February 1971 (1971-02-07) (aged 55)
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Institutions

Emanuel Kaspar (born 25 July 1915 in Berlin, died 6 February 1971 in Kamen) was a German organic chemist. He is known for inventing and patenting the synthesis of clocortolone with Rainer Philippson in 1973.[1] The original assignee of the patent was Schering AG. Kaspar held a PhD (Dr.rer.nat.) and worked as a researcher at Schering AG. He was also a co-inventor of several other patents held by Schering.[2] He married fellow chemist Elisabeth Barbara Hilda Vogt von Hunoltstein (born 1923) in Wiesbaden in 1948.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Process for the preparation of 9alpha-chloro-11beta-hydroxy steroids, retrieved 2015-12-07
  2. ^ a b Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, vols. 92–111, p. 437, C.A. Starke, 1989